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February 2021 Dev Update.

Added 2021-02-05 10:44:34 +0000 UTC

Hello everyone!

Patreon only post this week, but before I go into details on the VN's progress some news.

Unfortunately I haven't been well this past week. It's not covid! but I'm having a few tests done that will hopefully see what's up. Despite this, I have managed to continue working on Chapter Three.

The two 4k images have been uploaded and are available to those who want to view them. the next poll will be in March with the next images being posted in April. I might do a valentines image - but this is dependant on time.

Next Friday I will be uploading a tutorial video, this time focusing on DForce. Due to the sheer amount of tips I have (and the fact I'm still trying to get comfortable with speaking to myself aloud.) I will be releasing a few covering DForce.

Let's get to the numbers, Chapter Three currently stands at:
Static Renders: 310
Animation Frames: 840 (14 seconds)
Script (in game): 1410
Wordcount (Text): 23526

Currently that word count sits right between Chapter one, and Chapter Two(part one). I still have a couple more scene to write out and add. The above is only one day in game. I actually intended to include a second day but I feel I will need to push this into a second part of Chapter Three.

I'm sure you would prefer to have your hands on the first part of the update sooner rather than in another number of months. How far away do I think I am from releasing the first part of chapter three? Hard to say, but providing I can make good progress I think an April release should be likely.

As always my biggest limiting factor is the rendering speed, I have the scenes in the queue but It takes time to get through them. (of course there's also scene creation which I cannot do whilst the computer is rendering). The long and short of it - I'm working through as fast as I can.

So what can you expect in Chapter Three? Well you will have to play it... nah only kidding - mild spoilers ahead.

Due to the branching nature of the game, Chapter Three will have a different flashback, either it involves a younger Louise or a younger Emily. You will have to deal with the prospect of Melissa intruding into your life, and what that means to you and Louise.

Players will also have multiple choices on how they want to start the investigation into the crash. Some choices will lead to interesting encounters, whilst some may not be that helpful after all.

But before all that, you will need to decide what to do with Kimiko. Deciphering her past and working out just what has happened, not so easy when the communication is one way.

But then, all it take's is a little trust to make the first step.